"Live to Rise" is the first single from the film's soundtrack album; tracks from Shinedown, Rise Against, Bush and Five Finger Death Punch are among the 14 cuts on the project.

"The hard part of writing a song for a film is it has to act as a Soundgarden song, first and foremost, then obviously, it has to coexist with the film,"Soundgarden singer-songwriter Chris Cornell told Billboard.

Soundgarden was approached in early March to contribute a song to the film. They were working on their reunion album, a fall release of which is anticipated, and after going through their tracks nothing seemed appropriate. Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil started from scratch and came up with "Live to Rise."